ARISTOTLE 



731 a 



20 rj Se yovrj iv rjfjL€pai,g crvvlarrjai TrXeioaiv Trpoe- 

 [xeva^ oe to tolovtov aTToXverai,. /cat dTe)(ua)s eoLKe 

 ra C^^ coairep (j)vra elvai Statpera, otov el' rtg 

 KaKeZva, ore aTrepfxa e^eviyKeiev, hiaXvaete /cat 

 X^^pt^creiev et? to ivvTrdp)(ov drjXv /cat dppev. 



Kat TavTa iravTa evXoyoig rj ^vais hrjpLtovpyel. 



25 TTJg fxev yap tcov (jiVTcJov ovaiag ovdev eoTiv dXXo 

 epyov ovhk Trpd^Ls ovSefxia ttXtjv tj tov OTrepfiaTO? 

 yeveais, oiOT* eTrel tovto Slol tov drjXeos yiVerat 

 /cat TOV dppevos avvSeSvaafxevcov, [XL^aaa raura 

 SiedrjKe juer' dXXrjXcov Sto iv tol? (f)VTOLS d)(c6pL- 

 OTOV TO drjXv /cat to dppev. aAAa TrepX fiev <j>VTd)v 



30 ev eTcpots erreaKeTTTai, tov Se t,cx)ov ov fiovov to 

 yewrjaai epyov {tovto jxev yap koivov tcov t,d)VT(x)V 

 TTavTCov), dXXd /cat yvcoaecos tcvos irdvTa p.eTi-)(ovaL, 

 ra jLtev irXeiovos, Ta S' eXaTTOVOS , to. 8e TrdpiTTav 

 fitKpds. a'iadrjaiv yap exovatv, 'q S' atadrjais 

 yvdJaLg tls. TavTr^g 8e to TLpLiov /cat ari/iov 77oAu 



35 Sta^epet aKOTTovai Trpos (f)p6v7]aLv /cat Trpos to tcov 

 731 b dipv^ctiv yevos. vpos /iev yap to (f)poveLv coGnep 



ovSev elvai 8o/cet to Koivcovelv d(f)7Js Kai yevaeojs 

 jMovov, TTpos 8e dvaiadrjaiav^ ^eXTioTov dyaTTTjTov 

 yap dv So^ete /cat TavTrjg Tvx^tv Trjg yvioaecos 

 dXXd fjirj Keladai Tedveos /cat firj ov. . hia^ipei 8' 



^ npoefieva coniecit Piatt : Trpote'/ieva vulg. 



^ dvaiad-qalav] (f>vr6v ■^ Xidov Z, unde (J>vtov ■^ Xldov addunt 

 A,-W. ; pro -npos . . . /SeArtaTov inter ergo istud animal et necib 

 est differentia inirabilis 2 {Oavfidaiov pro ^iXnoTov Z*). 



" C/. above, 717a!20. 

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